Basketball writing, scouting reports and salary cap analysis from the archive.
At a training seminar that I once attended, a portion of the afternoon was devoted to a discussion of bad words. In one of the hottest days on record, a dozen of us gathered in a cramped five foot tall training room, sat around an overhead projector and…
In the recent Creative Financing In The NBA post, I wrote at great length about the Xavier Henry situation. In the span of about 27,000 words, I tried to explain all the nuances of this largely unprecedented and highly unattractive situation, using as many real-life examples and corollaries…
Per a million places, but arbitrarily taken from ENCToday.com , former NBA big man Charles Shackleford has been arrested in an undercover drug operation that saw him trying to sell 150 pills to the rozzers. Charles Shackleford is in trouble with the law for the second time in…
Per this story from George Brown of WREG.com , former NBA big man Lorenzen Wright has gone missing. The family of Lorenzen Wright says he's been missing since Sunday. Wright's sister, Savia Archie, says her family is very concerned. Archie said, Wright was last seen on sunday when…
The Kirk Snyder saga has been covered at length on this website, including only recently in the Where Are They Now series. In that post, I wrote this: On March 30th last year, Snyder was arrested and charged with aggravated burglary and felonious assault. Snyder reportedly broke into…
Former Bull Jay Williams plays again , for the first time in two and a half years. Former NBA point guard Jay Williams is aiming to relaunch his career through the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Williams, the second overall pick by the Chicago Bulls in the 2002 NBA…
Former Kansas star and Miami Heat first-round draft pick Wayne Simien retires from professional basketball, as explained in this email (courtesy of Eurobasket ): 'The family and I are un-jet-lagged, unpacked and officially settled. It is great being back', said Simien, who lives with his wife and two…
I love to read when I'm on the toilet. Love it. Can barely go without it, in fact. Unfortunately, I don't own many books. So I tend to read the same ones over and over again. True to form, I am currently mid-way through a repeat reading of…
Sports Illustrated: Blazers threaten to sue anyone who signs Darius Miles. "Team Presidents and General Managers, "The Portland Trail Blazers are aware that certain teams may be contemplating signing Darius Miles to a contract for the purpose of adversely impacting the Portland Trail Blazers Salary Cap and tax…
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3744237 Former NBA and college basketball star Rodney Rogers is paralyzed as the result of an all-terrain vehicle accident, his college coach told the News & Observer of Raleigh-Durham, N.C. Dave Odom, who coached Rogers when he earned All-America honors at Wake Forest and was the 1993 ACC…